From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 15 22:29:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE52A16A417 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:29:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raymond@sundland.com) Received: from mail.omnimx.net (mail.omnimx.net [64.235.254.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9E9C43D79 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:29:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from raymond@sundland.com) Received: from [10.0.1.35] (pool-70-111-119-142.nwrk.east.verizon.net [70.111.119.142]) by mail.omnimx.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE2DE17100; Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:29:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <455B94B3.2030308@sundland.com> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:29:07 -0500 From: "Raymond T. Sundland" User-Agent: Mail/News 3.0a1 (Macintosh/20060315) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Ambrisko References: <200611152037.kAFKbHOL009356@ambrisko.com> In-Reply-To: <200611152037.kAFKbHOL009356@ambrisko.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FW: IPMI kernel module errors on 6.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:29:41 -0000 Hi Doug, I added 'device ipmi' added to kernel config file Output (ACPI enabled) ipmi0: on isa0 ipmi0: KCS mode found at mem 0xca2 alignment 0x4 on isa ipmi0: KCS: initial state: 00 ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted ipmi0: Failed GET_DEVICE_ID: 5 Output (ACPI disabled) ipmi0: on isa0 ipmi0: KCS mode found at mem 0xca2 alignment 0x4 on isa ipmi0: KCS: initial state: 00 ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted ipmi0: Failed GET_DEVICE_ID: 5 The two look the same, but there is a definite change on the last line of the initial and new output. Doug Ambrisko wrote: > Raymond Sundland writes: > | I purchased a new Supermicro Superserver SS6015B-T (motherboard is X7DBR-E) > | about 3 weeks ago with the IPMI module (part called SIMSO) and have had a > | hard time getting the IPMI functionality to work in RELENG_6. > | > | Particularly, when I attempt to 'kldload ipmi' I get the following output in > | dmesg: > | > | ipmi0: on isa0 > | ipmi0: KCS mode found at mem 0xca2 alignment 0x4 on isa > | ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write > | ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted > | ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write > | ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted > | ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write > | ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted > | ipmi0: Timed out waiting for GET_DEVICE_ID > | > | >From the dmesg, it appears it's finding the IPMI device, but unable to > | interact with it. Meanwhile, no device shows up in /dev so ipmitool does > | not work, either. > | > | For reference, here is my uname: > | > | FreeBSD exodus 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #9: Fri Nov 10 10:56:39 > | PST 2006 root@exodus:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EXODUS amd64 > | > | This is a RELENG_6 build with a CVSUP done just before the compile date of > | the kernel. > | > | The SIMSO IPMI card itself works, I can access it via the web management > | console, I just can not get the kernel driver to work with it. Any help > | and/or references would be greatly appreciated. > > Could you try it static in the kernel and then with and without ACPI > enabled? > > Doug A. > >